Romania's unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in March 2026, higher by 0.1 percentage points compared to February 2026, the country's statistical office INS has announced on Thursday (April 30), quoting provisional data.
Romania’s top oil and gas company OMV Petrom on April 30 announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026: the operating result increased significantly compared to the same period of 2025, while the net profit fell slightly due to fiscal and financial factors which offset the good operational performance.
BCR Group ended the first quarter of 2026 with net profit of RON602 million (EUR118 million), lower than the RON742 million level reported in the same period of 2025.
The Bucharest hotel market had the best performance in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE-6) in 2025, with a 12% annual increase in the average revenue per available room (RevPAR), compared to 9.1% in Warsaw and 8.3% in Prague, per an analysis by real estate consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield.